asked the Minister for Finance if he will state what, if any, customs duty or duties will be chargeable on the roofing tiles referred to in the Finance Bill, 1954, at Ref. No. 10 of the Second Schedule (page 17), when the Bill becomes law.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Roofing Tiles—Duty Position.
No duty will be chargeable on the roofing tiles referred to when the Finance Bill becomes law.
The operation of the duties mentioned in the Second Schedule to the Finance Bill is at present suspended and the articles to which they apply are, therefore, entitled to importation free of duty. To preserve this position on the passing of the Bill, the Minister for Industry and Commerce intends to ask the Government to make an Order under the Emergency. Imposition of Duties Act, 1932, providing that articles within the scope of any of the duties revoked will not become otherwise liable to duty as a result of such revocation.